Health behaviours
Health behaviours influence child health and wellbeing from the antenatal period and beyond. Parental health behaviours directly influence children in the early years. Child health behaviours affect health in later life, because behaviours in childhood influence behaviours in adulthood, and because the beginnings of many chronic diseases may occur in childhood. This section reports on breastfeeding, folate and pregnancy, immunisation, injury prevention, nutrition, physical activity, and smoking.
Breastfeeding
Folate and pregnancy
Immunisation
Injury prevention
Nutrition
Physical activity
Smoking
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 25 January 2008 |